Ministry of Home Affairs
Missing Children Recovered by the Police
Giving a reply to a Written Question on ‘Missing Children Recovered by the Police’ in the Rajya Sabha today, the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Ajay Kumar Mishra said, National Crime Records Bureau  compiles and publishes information on crime in its publication “Crime in India”. The published reports are available till the year 2021.State/UT-wise details of children  missing and traced in the country during the years 2019 to 2021 as per cases registered with police are given below.
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SL
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State/UT
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2019
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2020
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2021
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Missing
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Traced
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Missing
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Traced
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Missing
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Traced
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1
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Andhra Pradesh
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2746
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2737
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2745
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2658
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3720
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3589
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2
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Arunachal Pradesh
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44
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41
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13
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13
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44
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20
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3
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Assam
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1410
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1389
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877
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1232
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1161
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1116
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4
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Bihar
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7299
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5208
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4868
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4773
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4578
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5269
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5
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Chhattisgarh
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3143
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2872
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2459
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2530
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3278
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3019
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6
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Goa
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31
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25
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15
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22
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13
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14
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7
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Gujarat
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1439
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1354
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1204
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1208
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1395
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1490
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8
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Haryana
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2815
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2610
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1904
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2047
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2343
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2137
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9
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Himachal Pradesh
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393
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429
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288
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293
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444
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456
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10
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Jharkhand
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356
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517
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340
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481
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400
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371
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11
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Karnataka
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835
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832
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1085
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1056
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1575
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1550
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12
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Kerala
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2183
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2195
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1505
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1517
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1609
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1638
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13
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Madhya Pradesh
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11022
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11256
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8751
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9944
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11607
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12486
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14
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Maharashtra
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4562
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4322
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3356
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4804
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4129
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4311
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15
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Manipur
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112
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109
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51
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57
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63
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50
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16
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Meghalaya
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104
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116
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44
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58
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66
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71
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17
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Mizoram
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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18
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Nagaland
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37
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44
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21
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27
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26
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25
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19
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Odisha
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3151
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1490
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2899
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3641
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4133
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4596
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20
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Punjab
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894
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792
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655
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537
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1045
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720
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21
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Rajasthan
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3655
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3626
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3179
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3015
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4936
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4940
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22
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Sikkim
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38
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38
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11
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13
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8
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8
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23
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Tamil Nadu
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4519
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4263
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4591
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4373
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6399
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6301
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24
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Telangana
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3308
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3911
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3100
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2978
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3956
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4079
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25
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Tripura
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169
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149
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127
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121
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153
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161
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26
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Uttar Pradesh
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3184
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3872
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2380
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2831
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3522
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2764
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27
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Uttarakhand
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539
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440
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399
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701
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626
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679
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28
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West Bengal
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8952
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8526
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7648
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7937
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9996
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9045
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TOTAL STATE
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66940
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63163
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54515
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58867
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71225
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70905
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29
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A&N Islands
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43
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43
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21
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24
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25
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27
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30
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Chandigarh
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202
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172
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153
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153
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180
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181
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31
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D&N Haveli and Daman & Diu
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20
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16
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3
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10
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19
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22
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32
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Delhi
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6355
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5880
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4299
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5292
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5772
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5408
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33
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Jammu & Kashmir
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277
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260
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230
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183
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279
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240
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34
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Ladakh
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1
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1
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0
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3
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35
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Lakshadweep
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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36
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Puducherry
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48
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40
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40
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43
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35
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41
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TOTAL UT
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6945
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6411
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4747
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5706
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6310
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5922
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TOTAL 
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73885
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69574
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59262
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64573
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77535
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76827
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Source: Crime in India
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Note : '+' Combined data of erstwhile D&N Haveli UT and Daman & Diu UT for 2019
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However, specific information on these missing children, whose relatives have not been traced, is not maintained by the NCRB.
The Minister further stated that the Ministry of Women and Child Development is implementing a Centrally sponsored scheme "Mission Vatsalya" to support the State and UT Governments for delivering services for Children in Need of Care and Protection  and Children in Conflict with Law  in difficult circumstances, including for the missing children. The Child Care Institutions  established under the scheme support inter-alia age-appropriate education, access to vocational training, recreation, health care and counseling.